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Explore NetBox Provisioning

Follow these steps to get familiar with the following:

  • Data sources
  • Config contexts
  • Config templates

Data Sources

  1. In the Web UI main menu, navigate to Operations and click Data Sources, and click on the data source called Guided Trial Data Source
  2. Note the Data Source properties - this is a remote Git repository and it has been set to ignore any .md or .csv files. Data Sources can be either the local file system, a remote Git repo or an Amazon S3 Bucket.
  3. scroll down to the Files section and click on the file path cisco-switch-template-example.j2 This is a Jinja 2 template file for a Cisco Switch that is being used to render the full configuration for Cisco 9200-24P device types.
  4. Click the back button in your browser and in the Files section, click on the file path sydney-config-context.json this contains data in JSON format that is used in a Config Context for devices in the Sydney site.
  5. Try adding a new Data Source by navigating to Operations and click Data Sources again. In the top-right corner click on + Add, give it a name and choose either Git or Amazon S3 for the Type. Fill out the rest of the form and click Create

Config Contexts

  1. In the Web UI main menu, navigate to Provisioning > Config Contexts and click on the one called Sydney Network Services.
  2. Note the Data Source and Data File, and that the Assignment is at the Sites level and specifically the Sydney site. This means that this Config Context will apply to any devices in the Sydney site.
  3. Note the Data on the right-hand side. This data will be pulled into the Config Template along with the device data from NetBox to render the full device configuration in later steps.

Config Templates

  1. In the Web UI main menu, navigate to Provisioning > Config Templates and click on the one called Juniper Switch Template.
  2. Note the Data Source and Data File, and that the content of the Template itself.
  3. Device data from NetBox and the Config Context data will be pulled in to render the full device configuration using this template in later steps.

Render the Device Configuration in the UI

  1. This Config Template will be used by the switch AUSYD01-SW-2. To see where this is assigned, navigate to DEVICES > Devices > AUSYD01-SW-2, then click on Edit in the top-right corner.
  2. Under management note the Config Template is Juniper Switch Template.
  3. Click Cancel and then along the top tabs click on Config Context and note the Rendered Context data.
  4. Click on the Render Config tab to view the complete device configuration, then click on Download on the right hand side to download the device configuration as a text file.